I love the look of No more heroes and will be buying it day of release without fail. Too bad nobody in Akihabara felt the same way. Driving forces behind No more heroes Yasuhiro Wada and Goichi Suda were outside of a store with free No more heroes branded toilet roll and a piece of cosplaying arse to commemorate the release of their sandbox, Tarantino on acid style, Wii lightsaber slashfest – but nobody showed except for the gaming media. Yasuhiro and Goichi are showing off smiles in the picture, but behind those smiles lie pain, upset and that every Wii owner in the area gets run over my a light saber wielding crazy person on a motorcycle.

No more heroes will more than likely be enough of a hit in North America and Europe that game creator Goichi Suda can afford for it to not sell all that brilliantly in Japan. It’s no surprise, because the game is highly westernized and is having to contend with that white dinner tray you stand on that is also known as Wii Fit. But still…it must hurt to know nobody showed up to buy your game and that your own country doesn’t want the fruits of your hard work. Poor fella. He should definitely do an instore in America or the UK. He’d most certainly get a decent turnout.

[Kotaku, via Akiba blog]